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The Fate of the Ultimate Universe Revealed [Updated]

Get ready for an "All-New" Ultimate Universe.

Cataclysmis happening in the Ultimate Universe. Galactus has found his way from the 616 Universe and it hasn't been looking good. The fear was this marked the end of the entire Ultimate Universe and line of books.

You didn't really believe that would happen, did you?

It may be the end but it's also the beginning. Marvel has announced via the Associated Press that there will be hard times and sacrifices but it's not quite over just yet.

"They're able to win the day, but at great sacrifice, a sacrifice that is so huge that it changes the entire landscape," said Bendis. "It creates a place that demands a fresh start from everyone who surveys it."

Marvel will relaunch the Ultimate Universe in April under the banner Ultimate Marvel NOW!

Axel Alonso, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, mentioned it as an opportunity to tear things down and make them better.

"Once again, we're destroying something and building something new, but there's an end game in sight. We created the line to take chances," he said. "Dead is dead. The long and short of it is this: The Ultimate (universe) benefits from a good, old kick in the butt.

Update

Marvel has released more art.

It all starts in April with ALL-NEW ULTIMATES, from the creative team of Michel Fiffe (Copra) and Amilcar Pinna (X-Men: First Class). Spider-Man, Black Widow (formally Spider-Woman), Kitty Pryde, Bombshell, Cloak & Dagger officially unite to tackle the vicious, rampant crime wave overtaking Hell’s Kitchen! But can this new team of Ultimates stand up to the murderous gang known only as the Serpent Skulls?

UltimateMarvel NOW! continues through the spring of 2014 with the launch of ULTIMATE FF by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Cataclysm: Ultimate X-Men) and upcoming superstar artist, Mario Guevara. The FF - Future Foundation - is all that stands between the Ultimate universe and COMPLETE AND UTTER DOOM! Can Sue Storm, Tony Stark, Machine Man and Sam Wilson face the oncoming devastation directly after the events of Cataclysm?

And finally, Miles Morales is back in his own web-slinging solo-series, MILES MORALES: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN by creator Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, All-New X-Men) and artist Dave Marquez (Cataclysm: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, All-New X-Men). In the wake of earth-shattering events, Miles is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! But there is no time to sit back and relax. A BIG villain from Peter Parker’s past is alive and well and about to turn New York upside down.

So what I'm guessing what happens is that The Ultimates are destroyed (hence the title The Ultimates Last Stand) and the new team of Ultimates will be pretty much what we've been seeing in Ultimate Spider-man with the addition of Kitty Pryde. Sounds interesting.Does this mean the original Ultimate FF will reform in response to the revelations that Ultimate Reed found out recently about his 616 counterpart?

So what I'm guessing what happens is that The Ultimates are destroyed (hence the title The Ultimates Last Stand) and the new team of Ultimates will be pretty much what we've been seeing in Ultimate Spider-man with the addition of Kitty Pryde. Sounds interesting.Does this mean the original Ultimate FF will reform in response to the revelations that Ultimate Reed found out recently about his 616 counterpart?

Well it says that Tony Stark and Sue Storm are the only two announced Ultimate FF members. I think that FF is meant to be taken as Future Foundation, not Fantastic Four.

But yes, I'm guessing that either most of the Ultimates die or they decide to retire from superheroics.

I am conflicted.... Like slowly the Ultimates line is gonna kill everyone off til it's "Ultimate Spider-Man and Friends". I'm not complaining I just wish we had an expansion after all of this "Concision"

My problem if they kill off a lot of characters i that they're going to write themselves into a corner and are going to force themselves to start resurrecting them. Also shame to see Ultimate X-men come to a close. I liked the direction it was heading better than where mutants are in the 616

My problem if they kill off a lot of characters i that they're going to write themselves into a corner and are going to force themselves to start resurrecting them. Also shame to see Ultimate X-men come to a close. I liked the direction it was heading better than where mutants are in the 616

No there not, there going to kill of the regular characters so they can actually start introducing NEW characters instead of alt takes on the same old ones

Does this mean that ultimate x-men is coming to an end? I'd be really sad to see it go, as the original run was my gateway into comics originally, and then the reboot was what reintroduced me to them again.

Even if there have been lots of unresolved plots and abrupt changes in direction (Phoenix? Apocalypse? Ghosts of dead x-men? What?) it's been a pretty good book, and it was nice to see some different characters getting the spotlight without all the baggage of 616.

@frochez: I wouldn't say Ultimate X-Men is ending, Kitty could just be joining up with the Ultimates because it would probably be a good thing if humans say a mutant trying to help save the world and such again.

I actually wouldn't have minded it if they did New 52 on the Ultimate Universe. It's already so messed up, a reboot couldn't hurt it. It might actually help since it was already a pile of crap before hand, save for Ultimate Spider-Man.

While I have great contempt for the idea of Cataclysm, I can't deny it's been largely well-executed (seriously no pun intended). The .1 opener made me feel for a universe I knew nothing about, and all of the Cataclysm I've read has been well-written.

It also blows my mind to see Cloak & Dagger (nevermind they're not the 616 versions) headlining anything, and I am extremely relieved to see them making it into this new era. Definitely excited for this one.

Aww i'll miss ultimate iron man and all them but this'll definitely make me start reading the ultimate universe again. I stopped reading around the 14th volume of ultimate spider man or at the end of ultimate fantastic four but this should get me interested again.

This announcement has been made too soon T_T But I guess I've been hoping for this outcome all along. I haven't read Ultimates prior to Cataclysm and I'll be no less than ecstatic to jump in come April (based solely on how much I have enjoyed this event so far).